1996-97 Indianapolis Ice Statistics
International Hockey League (IHL)
Team Record: 44-29 (SO: 0-9) - 97 points
in the IHL's Central Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Bob Ferguson (44-29, 9 OTL)
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Attendance: 234,602, Avg. 5,722 in 41 home dates
1996-97 Indianapolis Ice RosterTeam Record: 44-29 (SO: 0-9) - 97 points
in the IHL's Central Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Bob Ferguson (44-29, 9 OTL)
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Attendance: 234,602, Avg. 5,722 in 41 home dates
The Indianapolis Ice of the International Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 44 wins and 29 losses, with a 0-9 showing in shootouts for 97 points in the IHL's Central Division.
The Ice potted 289 goals and allowed 230. Dave Chyzowski scored 34 goals for Indianapolis, while Steve Dubinsky netted 30 or more also. Brad Werenka contributed 56 assists. Jimmy Waite topped the squad with 22 wins, plus Marc Lamothe added 15 or more wins, too. Marc Lamothe recorded a 2.64 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Bob Ferguson coached the team. The 1996-97 Indianapolis Ice lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Werenka | D | 82 | 20 | 56 | 76 | 83 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 271 | 7.4 |
| Dave Chyzowski | L | 76 | 34 | 40 | 74 | 261 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 282 | 12.1 |
| Steve Dubinsky | C | 77 | 32 | 40 | 72 | 53 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 240 | 13.3 |
| Chris Snell | D | 73 | 22 | 45 | 67 | 130 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 226 | 9.7 |
| Rob Conn | R | 72 | 25 | 32 | 57 | 81 | 25 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 183 | 13.7 |
| Sergei Klimovich | C | 75 | 20 | 37 | 57 | 98 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 157 | 12.7 |
| Ravil Gusmanov | L | 60 | 21 | 27 | 48 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 143 | 14.7 |
| Kip Miller | C | 37 | 17 | 24 | 41 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 108 | 15.7 |
| Jean-Yves Leroux | L | 69 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 112 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 15.7 |
| Mike Prokopec | R | 57 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 143 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 126 | 10.3 |
| Ryan Huska | C | 80 | 18 | 12 | 30 | 100 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 129 | 14.0 |
| Tuomas Gronman | D | 51 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 89 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 6.0 |
| Christian Laflamme | D | 62 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 60 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 92 | 5.4 |
| Craig Mills | R | 80 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 199 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 82 | 14.6 |
| Fred Knipscheer | C | 41 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 46 | -4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 126 | 7.9 |
| Ivan Droppa | D | 26 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 1.6 |
| Bench | 82 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Adam Creighton | C | 6 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 |
| Steve McLaren | L | 63 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 309 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6.7 |
| Gaetan Royer | R | 29 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 60 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11.8 |
| Andy MacIntyre | LW | 22 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 26 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 6.9 |
| Eric Lecompte | LW | 35 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 74 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 4.7 |
| Bruce Cassidy | D | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.0 |
| Marc Dupuis | D | 32 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0.0 |
| Travis Thiessen | D | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Marc Hussey | D | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Alain Nasreddine | D | 49 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 248 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 0.0 |
| Jimmy Waite | G | 41 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Beau Bilek | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Jeff Salajko | G | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marc Lamothe | G | 38 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Remi Royer | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| David Hymovitz | LW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Dmitri Nabokov | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Denis Chasse | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Andre Racicot | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1473 | 289 | 452 | 741 | 2388 | 204 | 67 | 8 | 33 | 2690 | 10.7 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Waite | 41 | 2450 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 112 | 2.74 | 1309 | 1197 | .914 |
| Marc Lamothe | 38 | 2271 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 2.64 | 1216 | 1116 | .918 |
| Jeff Salajko | 1 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 31 | 30 | .968 |
| Andre Racicot | 2 | 120 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1.50 | 50 | 47 | .940 |
| Totals | 82 | 4901 | 44 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 216 | 2.64 | 2606 | 2390 | .917 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Werenka | D | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Chyzowski | L | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Dubinsky | C | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Snell | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Conn | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sergei Klimovich | C | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kip Miller | C | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jean-Yves Leroux | L | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryan Huska | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tuomas Gronman | D | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Christian Laflamme | D | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Craig Mills | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Knipscheer | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve McLaren | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marc Dupuis | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marc Hussey | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alain Nasreddine | D | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Waite | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marc Lamothe | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Hymovitz | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Denis Chasse | R | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 69 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 170 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Waite | 4 | 222 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3.51 | 0 | ||
| Marc Lamothe | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 5 | 242 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3.47 | 0 |
